John Austen

John Austen is a happily retired former senior official of Infrastructure Australia living in Western Sydney. Details are at thejadebeagle.com.

John's recent articles

JOHN AUSTEN More on the Sydney transport mess-the Western Sydney dud deal

JOHN AUSTEN. Immigration and infrastructure.

JOHN AUSTEN. We need a Metro public inquiry in NSW to sort out the railway mess

The roads club is having a great spend.

JOHN AUSTEN. NSW needs an inquiry into Sydney transport

JOHN AUSTEN. Newcastle port some progress in undoing a privatisation fiasco

JOHN AUSTEN. Roads another year of inaction and congestion-causing deficits

JOHN AUSTEN: What will it take to kick off a serious enquiry into the Sydney transport mess?

JOHN AUSTEN. The NSW infrastructure mess keeps getting worse

JOHN AUSTEN. Trouble in NSW infrastructure paradise, Part 2.

JOHN AUSTEN. Trouble in infrastructure paradise, NSW Part 1 of 2

JOHN AUSTEN - Road pricing; an update

JOHN AUSTEN. Priorities for Infrastructure Australia.

JOHN AUSTEN. Doubts about infrastructure go beyond Sydney Metro.

JOHN AUSTEN. Infrastructure advice - worse than expected.

JOHN AUSTEN. Infrastructure in Australia- the continuing policy confusion and advisory mess.

JOHN AUSTEN. Road spending incurs billion dollar new debts annually - nobody notices (Repost from 27 June 2016)

JOHN AUSTEN. Does Infrastructure Australia understand its ideas for public transport franchising?

JOHN AUSTEN. Infrastructure misuse and mistakes - the Hume Highway.

JOHN AUSTEN: The Commonwealth is meddling in NSW rail - at last!

JOHN AUSTEN. Where to for Commonwealth infrastructure policy?

JOHN AUSTEN. NSW rail projects - a lot of explaining to do

JOHN AUSTEN. The Sydney metro - the doubt and mess continues.

JOHN AUSTEN. The Premier and privatisation; selling silverware for transport tupperware?

JOHN AUSTEN. Badgerys Creek testing times

JOHN AUSTEN. Roads another year of congestion-causing deficits

JOHN AUSTEN. Sydney, metro again: $10billion more to build something later?

JOHN AUSTEN. Sydney Metro - a disaster in store.

JOHN AUSTEN. Urban rail projects: property developers should be servants not masters

JOHN AUSTEN. How port privatisation will hobble Newcastle

JOHN AUSTEN. Is there a simple way of dealing with national infrastructure issues? Yes, but it is not a simple matter of adopting Infrastructure Australia's 'project list'.

JOHN AUSTEN. The High Court - The Williams case and transport

JOHN AUSTEN. High speed rail - here we go again.

JOHN AUSTEN. Road pricing rather than more road funding must be the priority.

JOHN AUSTEN. Infrastructure summit reported highlights

JOHN AUSTEN. High speed rail where to? Competing with airlines or cars?

JOHN AUSTEN and LUKE FRASER. Urbane transport policy. Part 3 of 3

JOHN AUSTEN and LUKE FRASER. Urbane transport policy. Part 2 of 3.

John Austen and Luke Fraser. Urbane transport policy. Part 1 of 3.

John Austen. Grattan Institute on transport projects: a better mousetrap?

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